Urban Waste Collectors in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Their Perceptions of Occupational Health Risk
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4627658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol (0000-0002-2568-3579, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, corresponding author), Sandy Cairncro (0000-0002-5342-1269, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Sandy Cairncross, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco (0000-0002-4419-5634, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Lynette Heller (0000-0003-0175-0180, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Léo Heller (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 371-381 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732318797934 |
| PMID | 30196766 |
| OpenAlex | W2890890419 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Frequent contact with hazardous materials makes waste collection a potentially unhealthy activity. This article assesses the perception of waste management workers regarding work-related accidents in domestic and health service contexts in Brazil. Six focus groups were performed between June 2014 and August 2015. The aims of this study were to apprehend different aspects of the participants' health, workers' experiences of work-related accidents and perception of risks. Cuts and puncture injuries were reported most frequently in the line of work and were often considered as irrelevant. Immunization against hepatitis B was not common among all workers, which increases the risk of infection for those individuals. Finally, it is considered urgent to consolidate an inclusive space in which workers can have discussions on their health
Business · Environmental health · Health risk · Household waste · Municipal solid waste · Occupational exposure · Occupational safety and health · Urban waste · Waste management · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management · Medicine · Municipal Solid Waste Management
Focus Groups
Analyzing & Reporting Focus Group Results
Os coletores de lixo urbano no município de Dourados (MS) e sua percepção sobre os riscos biológicos em seu processo de trabalho
Aspectos de saúde coletiva e ocupacional associados à gestão dos resíduos sólidos municipais
Processo de trabalho e acidentes de trabalho em coletores de lixo domiciliar na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Implicit as Compared With Explicit Safety Procedures
Identifying Individual Competency in Emerging Areas of Practice
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |